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Orthopaedic surgeons: The scale of their waiting lists means my patients are now waiting for Godot

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19 June 2023
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Waiting for Godot. Avignon Festival, 1978. Rufus (Estragon) and Georges Wilson (Vladimir). Photo: Fernand Michaud.

I’ve been having a rather annoying debate with my 77-year-old mother in the UK about her X-ray showing “severe” osteoarthritis of the right knee.

It’s been there a fair while, and perhaps one could generously say it moderately affects her life.

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